Re: gEDA-user: Gschem: net names / symbols question

[Levente <leventelist@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:22:56 +0100
Richard Rasker <rasker@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I'm creating a schematic in which several voltages are used in multiple
> locations.
> To prevent the clutter of connecting everything, I decided to try using
> named nets, and used the generic-power.sym symbol as a default. These
> symbols have an attribute "net", and I assumed that symbols with
> identical net attributes would be considered as the same net.
> Alas, no matter what net name (e.g. +18V) I enter here, I get a large
> amount of error messages when running gsch2pcb. Obviously, I'm doing
> something basic wrong.
> 
> I've searched Google, the gEDA and gschem Wiki's, but I can't find any
> explanation on how to use named nets and define visible symbols.
> 
> So how do I define or use a symbol which says something along the lines
> of "+2.5V" in the schematic, and is connected to all other symbols with
> the same name? In the mailing lists I found something where the net name
> needed to be defined as name:pin -- but what to enter for pin?

Right. Enter netname:1. It says please gschem, connect pin 1 to net named
netmane.

Cheers,
--
Levente
http://web.interware.hu/lekovacs



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